While I was scared, I still proceeded since I had just learned the general process from my course.

I'm in the process of vetting some seller financed deals for my solo401k portfolio.

My wife and I have one rental unit and are trying to move toward our next property, but still are trying to learn more and find additional ways to make some side income to speed the process.

I use a custom setup in Notion to manage my lending workflow and am building a mirror setup for notes, and am also in the process of testing Pipedrive as a CRM.

With this set up, the turn-key provider can walk with you through this process and help advise you on decisions, which can be extremely beneficial being your first investment property or your 100th property.

My wife and I are in the process of closing on a vacation home in the Davenport area.

My process is almost identical. 

However, I had to subordinate the sellers note to 2nd position (hint: set up that language in advance to streamline the process, if that's the direction you're going to go).Since the ARV was high enough, and the potential income would support the mortgage and expenses, it all worked out. 

You also will want to stick to on market properties at first because the purchase process and evaluation process (namely title and inspections) will be more defined.

I hired a surveyor,  engineer and ran through the process with the city myself.